Dinner pail



Sept. 3G, i924.4 1,510,103

A. B. PERKINS DINNER 'PML `Fi1ed July s, 1923 :s sheets-Sheet l Sept. 3o, 1924.

` 1,510,103 AM B. FERKlNs DINNER FAIL Filed. July 5. 1923 3 Shasta-Sheet 3 W WWW ation/Mm Patented Sept., 30,

UNITED TA'llrlS renna DINNER FAIL.

Application filed July 3,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ANDREW B. llnnnins, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colfax, in the parish of Grant and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Dinner Pail, of which the following is a specification.

rlChis invention relates to dinner pails or buckets and the primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved dinner pail so constructed that a whole dinner can be carried in contradistinction to the ordinary dinner pails in which sandwiches and the like can be only carried.

Another prime object of the invention is to provide an improved dinner bucket having three slidably mounted trays therein for supporting different articles of food, the trays having struck out portions forming dishes in which can be placed vegetables and the like.

A 'further object of this invention is to provide a dinner bucket having novel trays for supporting food embodying a body plate and a cover plate, the companion places having depressed portions therein forming dishes, and having novel means for holding the plates in locked engagement with each other, to prevent spilling of the articles of food placed in the depressed portions.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for associating the trays with the body of the dinner pail, whereby the trays will be held firmly in place and the parts of the trays held in intimate contact with one another.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved dinner bucket of the above character, which will be durable and eliicient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

`With these and other objects in view.l the invention consists in the novel vconstruction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved dinner bucket.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section Serial No. 649,351.

through the improved bucket taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

lFigure 4: is a horizontal section taken on the line 4;-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a horizontal lsection taken on the line 5--5 of Figure S illustrating the uppermost tray provided for carrying a vacuum bottle andthe like.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the lower trays illustrating the means for normally holding the upper and lower sections thereof together.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating the means utilized for holding the sections of the trays together.

Figure 8 is a detail view partly in section of the container utilized for carrying soup and the like in the bucket, and

Figure 9 is a detail view illustrating the vent formed in the rear wall of the bucket.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A generally indi- Cates the improved inner pail or bucket which embodies the outer casing B, the upper tray C and the lower trays l) and E.

The casing B can be formed of sheet metal or any other desired material and consists of a lower rectangular-shaped wall 10, a top wall 11, side longitudinally extending walls 12 and one end wall 13. This leaves one end wall of the casing B open, which permits the ready sliding of the trays C, D and E out of or into the casing. The open end of the casing is adapted to be closed by a hinged door 14. This door 14 can be hingedly connected to either the bottom wall or to one side wall and as shown, l have connected the same with the bottom wall.

Any type of bail handle 15 can be con nected with the'upper wall 11 for facilitating the carrying of the dinner bucket.

'lhe inner surface of the side longitudinally extending walls are provided with pairs of longitudinally extending guides 16, 17 and 18 for slidably supporting the trays C, D and E. These guides 16, 17 and 18 are of a predetermined construction so as to tightly hold the sections of the trays together, as will be hereinafter more fully de scribed, and as these guides each consists of strips of angle iron 19 having the facing edges of certain flanges thereof spaced to provide a guideway.

The cover lllcan be held closed by any preferred type of Yfastener 20 as clearly shown in Figures l and 3.

The uppermost tray is particulv rl)T formed tor carrying bottles, so that coffee, milk or the like can be conveniently transported in the bucket and comprises the upper and lower companion sections and 26, These scctions 25 and 26 are provided with companion longitudinallj,7 extending,` semicylindrical portions dennirrgl a cylindrical casing ZT for receiving the vacuum body. At one side ot the cylindrical portion Il' the trayv is provided with the depressed or struck out coinpartments 28,. 29 and 3() and sandwiches or the like can be placed in certain ol the coinpartments. In one or' lthe compartments l prefer to dispose aoontainer 3l having?` a screw-threaded top 32 i'or carryii'ig` soup or other liquid and it can be seen that the container will readil7 lit within one of the compartments.

The sections and 26 or' the tray C are locked together in any preferred way, and as shown revolving` fasteners having T-heads 3% are rotatalflj)7 carried hy one section el the tray and are adapted to be inserted through an elongated slot 34; formed in other section of the tray. The longitudinal edges of the sections of the tragv are lient in opposite directions to provide guide flanges 35 and these guide llanges 35 are adapted to he ceived in the guida-)way 1G. New it can he seen that trom the iiormation ot the upper pair oil' guidesu that the sections of the tra",Y will be pressed tightlyY in engagement with one another.

rlhe lower trays D an( ll are constructed identically the and similar to the upper tray C, the only difference being', that the lower trays D and E are provided with outstrucl; portions 'forming' dishes 36 in which articles et :totalT such as vegetables and the like can be placed. These tray/'s als consist ol? upper and lower sections 3T and 38 which are connected by means ot fasteners 39 ol the same character as the tasten ers The edges oll the sections are also provided with right angularlY extendingv flanges d() which are adapted to slidablyv lit in the guioeweys and l The trays l? and E can also he provided with depressed port' ms for receiving pepper or salt or ired, small. pepper and salt shakers can 3e placed hetween these two trays.

li some instances it i form a vent- 4-5 in the ca s found desirable to sint@v lil to permit the escape ot heat and moiuturc therefrom so that the interior ot the pail or bucket will not become sweat)v and thisl rent can he closed by means ot a slide lll it so desired.

llroin the foregoingY description it can bc seen that l hare provided :in improved and simple form of dinner bucket. which 'an carry a number ol diil'ercnt kinds o'l" tood, in sailietyc Without danger ol spilling thereol' and ther-ehiv permit a large dinner to be ellicient carried in the bucket.

Changes in details may he made without departing` trom the spirit or the scope ol this invention.

TWhat l claim as new is l. ln a dinner bucket? a (facing, pairs ol' guideways termed in the casing. trays for carrying dirl'erent articles of 'food adapted to be placed in the casing', and rightly angu- '1 erteuding guide ribs termed on the or slidahly fitting in said guides. in a dinner bucket comprising; a casing having one end open, a hinged cover tor the open end, pairs oi" guides arranged in thc casing including' upper and lower anglc scc ions and trays sliduhljv mounted in thc cas" i compr' 'ng upper and lo rer companion sections and i 'ght angularly extending guide if i rined on the sections arranged to engage said guidcivays.

l. .ln a dinner bucket, a casing, trays lor carrying` articles of lfood consisting of upper and lower companion sections, haring' companion strucleout portions :formed there-- in to provide conipartn'ients and dishes, and guide ways annulled iu the casing l'or rc ceifingf the trays l'or holdingr the sections therccdI iu intimate contact with ouc au other.

4. lin a dinner bucket includingr a casirner coinprisinjrg' an upper und lower wallv` longitin'linally extcndiinr side walls and om` cud wall, a hinged cover 'for the open cud o l the casing, the cud wall havingr a veut opcningr lornied therein, a slide for normally cover ing the rent opening', and l'ays slidahlyv mounted in the asinif for carrying diilcrcni articles ot l'ood arno consisting ol'v upper and lower sectionsl detachahlv couuectwl logetherf the sections l Jim;` snuglyT litlcd 1li-- gether to hold the heut iu the urficlcf: o1' Ytoed placed in the trur.

In testiinnbv whereolE l :llli't un: unnutui c i in presence of tufo witne--iscs V,YilWlNlT/ll" ll. Pllllll tl. Witnesses ll. BENNETT, J. C, MCKNIGHT.

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